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The season five Idol runner-up was forced to skip the opening nights of the American Idols Live! tour due to “severe bronchitis and laryngitis,” promoters announced just hours before the start of Wednesday’s sold-out show in Manchester, New Hampshire.
“I am disappointed and I am sorry to disappoint my fans who will be attending the start of the American Idols Live tour,” McPhee said in a written statement. However, she said, “I need to follow my doctor’s orders to recuperate and reunite with the rest of the Idols.”

She’s resting now but Extra ran a special on Thursday night that showed the curvaceous songstress decked out in a 1960’s style baby doll swim suit for an OK! Magazine photo shoot that she completed in Malibu right before her illness struck. Read more!

What makes Justin Timberlake idolize Mark Wahlberg? Timberlake said that as a role model, Mark Wahlberg transformed himself from pop/rapper Markie Mark into a serious actor and producer.
“He did it in a smart way. He took some time off from the music and took roles where he could show some real chops. I guess I’m close to doing the same thing,” as Timberlake said to The Desert Sun. “For me, I’ve had so many offers to do comedies, romantic comedies and slapstick. For me, I wanted to take it seriously and I wanted to be taken seriously. The roles I was really responding to were the dramas. I was lucky to work my way through them.” Read more!